The New York Times:
“Flight of the Conchords is funny in such an understated way that it is almost dangerous to make too much of it. It’s much slighter than HBO’s big production comedies like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage. It’s also a little sweeter, less a satire of show business than wry self-parody.”
New York Post:
“A fantastic flight. Something new and hilarious, and completely different. Unlike anything else I have ever seen before.”Variety.com:
“Hardly a great show…It’s all pretty standard stuff, shot on a dime against grungy New York backdrops…the show isn’t much to look at, but thanks to those music videos, there are moments when it sounds like a gem.”Chicago Tribune:
“The charms of this series are subtle, but only grow over the course of the first few episodes. Clement and McKenzie, perhaps because of their upbringing in the most polite nation on Earth, are well suited to understated, self-deprecating comedy, and their fertile imaginations are usually up to the task entertaining the short attention span of the YouTube generation.”Source: NZ Herald
Jun 18
June 18th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
The most polite nation on Earth? Since fucking when?
June 19th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
You have to understand this from an American’s point of view, that is, as someone who lives in the only country in the world, densely populated by rude people. Thus, any other nation is, by definition, the politest.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Anyway, whinge whinge. Interesting to read those reviews, I think they sum it up pretty well. I was a little disappointed myself – the parts between the songs often feel very much like filler.